Putting in a New Lawn.

 A week ago I started to kill the lawn with 

the  help of Mother Nature when our temps

in the high 90s.

First was to lower the mower and scalp the 

grass, then to spray Roundup and watch it die.    

Four days later, it was time to again spray 

Roundup on the areas that were missed.   

Once it was yellow then it was again time to lower 

the mower to the lowest level and take off the 

extra grass.  Then the next step is to water the 

area, a good soaking.  It has been so dry, it sure

needed to be watered.

Next to purchase the grass seed and fertilizer.  

Yep, one needs to fertilize the lawn area before 

putting out the seed.   Went to Home Depo to 

get the fertilizer and found that they anytime 

fertilizer wasn't there.   I then opted to use the 

new lawn fertilizer and hope it works like the bag 

states.   The to select the grass seed, yes overseed 

is the key!! So buy enough and for this area the 

date is Sept. 1 to have this down in time to make 

it through the winter months.

Someone asked why we killed our beautiful grass, simple 

if one takes a serious look at our lawn and see the difference 

in the grasses.  If you allow some of these grasses to grow 

they will take over.  We also try to keep the weeds out and that

can be a challenge when no one around you control their weeds

and thistle.   Folks allow them to go to seed and the wind blows

it all over.  We try to do the weed free lawn but this year has been

so bad.  

Yes, one should kill the grass before putting down seeds, if you

don't you just will not have good grass.  If you don't kill the lawn

the weeds are still there and you waste the money on seeds.   Another

tip is don't scalp your yard when you mow, raise the mower up and allow

the grass to grow in the heat of the summer.   Plus water!!  Proper lawn

care is what adds value to your home.

We are currently seeing baby fine grass coming up in just short of a 

week after putting down new seed.

These photos were taken after our 

second mowing this spring.  

Our Blog

We are in the process of looking for a different site for our blog.

It has been brought to my attention that
again our site isn't secure after receiving
a call from a local number.  I have not
switched the settings to make it unsecure and 

have sent off feedback to Google about
this issue.  This is now the 'second time'
this has happened.  I'm sure some of you
get the message as the site isn't secure and
you are at risk.  I am working on this
problem and again secured the site per
the instructions.

Camp Bus Again!!

Again we have to deal with the camp bus that CC Code Enforcement told them they shouldn't bring into the neighborhood. Time to write that letter to the Board of Equalization to lower our taxes.

I watch this am when I went to the Dentist that this bus picked up kids north of the Albertson's parking lot.

Then this 7/7/2020 the truck left out of the area and later returned.  When Allen went to work
the truck then followed him out.    The games these folks play!!  The pickup has come and gone
twice so prior to the bus leaving at 7:20 am.   If you look at the sloop of the driveway and the street
you can imagine the scraping of the front and back of the bus as it comes and goes.   There is no sense
of this of this type of vehicle being brought into a neighborhood, let alone parked in this manner.  This is 
a commercial sized bus.

Night number 2 of the bus in the hood.  The driver was home all afternoon and at 4 when I went out

to deadhead the garden she took off and went and got the bus.   After the encounter of the truck Allen 

decided it was time to park in the street.  We moved the cameras so that they truck would be visible where 

it is parked.  It appears we will be ordering more cameras.

This am around 7:30 the bus leaves scraping the back bumper.  

7/8/WedI wrote an email to the Chief and got a phone call from Code Enforcement.  While

on the phone I see a white car pull up.  I explained the to the staffer I had to go and see

what this person wanted.  I went to the cameras and notice it was a Sheriff Deputy whom

walked up the driveway.   Then Sable spotted him, she went nuts!!  No mask!!   I told

him to go to the garage door.  I went out and was told this was a courtesy call due to the 

email I wrote the Chief.  Excuse me, I didn't ask for a courtesy call, but he preceded to tell me

that there was nothing they could do as it was on private property and I told him that is what the 

first deputy that came out told them to do, 'Skirt the Law.'   The deputy didn't want to hear it.

Yes, the truck parked with in inches of the bins, they know where we put our garbage, recycle

 and yard debis bins.  We have had them try to dictate where our bins should be.  Mind you

they have been in the same place for 30 years.  

Nite 4/Thurs and tonight the Daughter-in -law brought the bus here as the regular driver was 

home most of the day. The truck was here but it left and the car returned.  The truck came in with the male

and he parked by the bins that I didn't bring up.  I was busy today cutting back 5 Clematis.

I will not bring the bins up while they are home.   

Nite 5/Friday   NO Bus!!!  But the cars were parked all over the street. I watched the male come in with the 

truck and he parked the car, to drive the truck up the driveway and then pull the car to where the truck was.

Petty!!

Nite 6/Sat. Morning only the truck was on the driveway, all the cars in the street.  It wasn't until they returned

in the truck did they move the car back to the driveway.    They come and go take one vehicle then return

to take the other, no gas money as the Deputy stated??

Sunday/ we are awaiting for the bus!!

It's been 2 weeks without the bus, but we aren't holding our breaths as we know it will 

return.  I also spent a week emailing the Sheriff's Dept. and dealing with their BS.  Don't

ya just love how some folks think?  Thank you Clark County for the lessons you taught me

while being a Neighborhood President!!  I deal with facts and they assume.  Then they try

to tell me I'm offended by their actions and it just surprises me on what they try to pull.   

How many of you have commercial size buses parked on your neighbor's property?? 

10/13/2021   This house is now for Sale!!!  

ABAD's Color Chart

Someone asked for photos of the
ABAD's Color Chart that I use when
I talk about Brugs.  If you were a member
and want to be taken seriously about
hybridizing and testing, these were
used.  When you look at a computer
color sometimes they are different due
to the light.   So with the chart one can
check the chart and put the color number
on the photo.

From the color chart above the number

is: 255,239, 0

Ludger's Aurea Project

B. la X 2 Yellow

6/19/2020
255,239,0  on the ABAD's color chart.

6/20/2020
255,230,77 on the ABAD's color chart

6/21/2020

255,204,77 on the color chart this am.

As you can see the edge is turning a golden yellow.

With The Wind Comes Junk!

Again more wind and the junk falls out of
the neighboring trees to cover the whole
yard.  Yesterday was a full day of cleanup
due to I will not leave this stuff all over the
yard.  Why??  It brings in the ANTS!  After
vacing up amost 7 buckets of this stuff from
the roof to the ground I then treated the whole
yard with ant bait.  This is just the southwest
garden bed side and you sure don't want to
leave this in the veggie garden area.

 

Yep those are the new LeafGuard gutters that
they say you don't have to climb on the roof,
pure bullshit!!  I even found ants up there due
to the crap sticks in the holes of the gutter.  I
even found a maple seed that sprouted.

As you can see this stuff really takes a
tole on plants,  our cardoon is always full
of it and the poor hostas are really going
down hill on the south bed.

This stuff even blew into the front yard
and as some of you know I just cleaned
this area up after the last wind.   I also
have to clean up around the two
greenhouses before I can let Sable
out to her area.  She gets sap in her paws
and it's heck to get that stuff cleaned up.

This stuff gets so thick it kills plants
so I've do this several times a week
until this stuff stops dropping.  If you
see the photos of the hosta bed, you
will see the difference in the plants.
The south bed used to be lush and
the plants huge, they are slowly dying
even with me cleaning out the area.
We have to put lime out all the time
as the soil is so acidy.  Who cares
we can't enjoy our yard?  They sure
don't, so enjoy the vac sound as I keep
our yard nice.  I have a hard time as
folks want to see the yard and ya know
they see the problems that these trees
create.   It's like do you go out to eat at
a dinner that is dirty?   Same with
gardens, it's not enjoyable to see an
unkept garden.  But again all one
has to do is look at their yards and
know they sure don't get it.

Yes, the gardens are open......but
make an appointment, please!  We
are still dealing with the mess.

Still doing the clean up!  Ya think it's
done and the wind kicks up and trashes
the yard again.

Again!!

We had another storm come through this
past weekend I had the yard so nice and
clean on Friday but went out today to
again clean up the mess.  I send over 6
hours a day trying to clean up the mess
our neighboring trees drop due to the
way they are kept.

Let's the picture tell the story.  These
are the same trees that were just cut
up some 20 feet after the last branch
came down and it appears the poor
fence took it again.  The branch is
laying on our retaining wall.

Again no one came to tell us.

Yep a good neighbor!!!

I would like to thank our fence folks, our fence

is back to looking nice and straight!!   We highly 

recommend Matt and his company, they are understanding

of the situation we deal with and are willing to help.

We sent the neighbor our estimates and they refused

to pay for the damages, yes it's their trees that continue

to cause problems.  Just look at how they are trimmed

up and are now top heavy.    They site act of nature in their 

refusal to pay.   Again if you don't tell the neighbor about

their tree issues you have no leg to stand on if you take

them to court.  They are responsible!!  We watch more limbs 

headed downward and know these trees should of been

remove long ago.